Kunichika Series: “A comparison of actors with the 12 signs of the zodiac” (Haiyū mitate jūnishi), 1869
This is one of my favourite series – the production quality is very high, with lots of lovely bokashi and bold clashing colours with that lovely asa-no-ha pattern again.
Title: Haiyū mitate jūnishi [俳優見立十二支] (a comparison of actors with the 12 signs of the zodiac); Signed: Kunichika hitsu with toshidama ring; Carver: Hori Cho; Publisher: 土橋政田屋板 (政田屋 平吉 / 政田屋 兵吉) Dobashi Masadaya han; trade name Masadaya Heikichi (1869-1875) [Marks: seal 25-448; pub. ref. 302]; Date: 1869 Snake / 2
Kawarasaki Sanshō [河原崎三升] as Matsunaga Daizen [松永大膳]
Onoe Kikugorō [尾上菊五郎] as Keisei Ayame [けいせいあやめ]
Kawarasaki Sanshō [かはら崎三升] as Watōnai Sankan [和藤内三官]
Nakamura Sōjūrō [中村宗十郎] as Ashigara yama no Yamauba [足柄山のやまうば]
犬田小文吾 中村芝翫 Inuta Kobungo by Nakamura Shikan IV
岩見重太郎 尾上菊五郎 Iwamijūtarō by Onoe Kikugorō V
あしかゞ三七郎信孝 沢むら訥升 [??ashika 三七郎信孝??] by Sawamura Tosshō
とふげ下の国太郎 市川左団次 [??Tofugeka no Kunitarō??] by Ichikawa Sadanji I
清水の冠者はし高 中村芝翫 Shimizu no Kajawashikō by Nakamura Shikan IV
桜丸女房八重 坂東三津五郎 ōmaru nyōbō Yae by Bandō Mitsugorō VI
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